Cats on the Wall
Classification:
Date:
1885-1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
box: 1 5/8 x 23 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. ( 4.1 x 59.1 x 33.7 cm )
Description:
"Cats on the Wall" table shooting gallery in a box with two wooden pistols and three wooden balls; cardboard wall with lithographed bricks and shrubs set into a wooden stand; five pins, printed with images of five different cats on the top half and wooden boards on the lower half, are attached to the wall with fabric at the centers; reverse of the pins printed with numbers in the center of a target; paper covered cardboard box top lithogrphed with five cats on the top of a wall and a personified half moon; box cover inscribed, "CATS ON THE WALL/ McLOUGHIN/ BRO'S/ NEW YORK"; instructions printed on the inside of the box top.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.455
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "CATS ON THE WALL/ McLOUGHIN/ BRO'S/ NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
In turn-of-the-century cities, wild cats proliferated, feeding on the garbage and rats that the authorities consistently failed to remove. Since alley cats were considered pests, few blinked an eye at the way street kids used them for target practice.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
42677
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bulls and Bears: The Great Wall Street Game
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1883
Medium:
Cardboard, wood
Dimensions:
Open (board): 14 in. × 22 in. × 1/8 in. (35.6 × 55.9 × 0.3 cm)
Container (box): 15 1/2 × 12 × 2 in. (39.4 × 30.5
Description:
Board game with box, board, instructions, playing cards, paper money, eighteen wooden playing pieces, and one spinner; box with lithographed image of a bull and a bear dressed as gentlemen carrying canes in front of a bank; box cover inscribed, "BULLS AND BEARS/ the GREAT/ WALL/ ST./ GAME/ PATENTED/ 1883/ McLOUGHLIN BROS NEW-YORK;" rectangular board (folds in three) with blue and red spaces marked "RISE" and "FALL" in a semi-circle above the names of eight stocks and commodities with an image of a bull and a bear shearing a sheep at the top, images of brokers reading stock tape in the bottom corners, and brokers with a bull and a bear in the top corners; labels on outside of board inscribed, "Color Game/ Bulls and Bears.;" 175 playing cards, star-shaped spinner and eighteen natural wooden playing pieces.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.728
Marks:
lithographed: on box cover: "BULLS AND BEARS/ the GREAT/ WALL/ ST./ GAME/ PATENTED/ 1883/ McLOUGHLIN BROS NEW-YORK"
lithographed: board label: "Color Game/ Bulls and Bears."
lithographed: inscriptions on board: "RISE/ FALL/ RISE/ FALL/ RISE/ FALL/ RISE
Gallery Label:
The financial panic of 1873, the worst before 1929, inspired this board game, in which the Bulls and the Bears - the speculators - are depicted fleecing the sheep - the public. The gameboard imagery is derived from cartoons by Joseph Keppler and Frederick Burr Opper satirizing robber barons Jay Gould, W.H. Vanderbilt, and Russell Sage, which appeared in the illustrated weekly magazine "Puck." This is one of the rarest of all nineteenth century American board games.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1883
eMuseum Object ID:
42668
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Frog Pond
Classification:
Date:
1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
box: 2 5/8 x 8 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. ( 6.7 x 21.3 x 21.3 cm )
Description:
"Game of Frog Pond" board game in a paper covered cardboard and wooden box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of three children on the edge of a river with two boys holding fishing lines, a girl looking on and a frog wearing breeches and a pointe cap in the foreground; wooden box base with four frog holders decorated with marsh grass, cat-o-nines and lily pads; six cardboard frogs of various colors, with hole cut through to be caught by, are inserted into the uprights; 2 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.601
Marks:
lithographed: GAME/ OF/ FROG-POND/ COPYRIGHTED BY R. BLISS MFG. CO. 1890"
Gallery Label:
Games by R. Bliss Manufacturing Co., a firm noted for its exceptional lithography, are almost as sought after as McLoughlin products. Frog Pond, a dexterity game, is another variation of the popular Fish Pond.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42657
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fish Pond: A Popular Game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Wood, metal, paper
Dimensions:
box: 2 1/4 x 22 x 4 1/8 in. ( 5.7 x 55.9 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
"Fish Pond: A Popular Game" board game with four wooden fishing poles and thirty-two turned wooden bell-shaped "fish" with metal eyes screwed into the tops in a wooden box covered in brown paper; box cover inscribed, "FISH POND/ A POPULAR GAME/ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."; chromolithographed cover depicting four children at the edge of the river with one boy holding a fishing line; four wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.586
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "FISH POND/ A POPULAR GAME/ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
42656
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Fish Pond
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 20 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 50.8 x 26 cm )
Description:
"Game of Fish Pond" board game in a paper covered wooden and cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of many fish swimming; interior of the box decorated with the same image as the box cover, with 22 slits cut out in rows; 19 cardboard fish of various colors, with metal grommets to be caught by, and with their names printed on one side ("BASS", "SHAD") and numbers on the other; 2 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line; instructions printed on inside of cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.593
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "Game of Fish Pond/ McLoughlin Bros./ New York"
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42655
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The New and Improved Game of Fish Pond
Classification:
Date:
1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
box: 1 5/8 x 17 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. ( 4.1 x 45.1 x 20.6 cm )
Description:
"The New and Improved Game of Fish Pond" board game in a paper covered wooden and cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of three children in a boat, the two girls feed a swan while a boy holds a fishing line; interior of the box decorated with a scene of pond containing lily pads and frogs, with 45 slits cut out in rows; 44 cardboard fish of various colors, with metal grommets to be caught by, and with their names printed on one side ("BASS", "SHAD") and numbers on the other; 4 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line; instructions printed on inside of cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.595
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "NEW? AND? IMPROVED/ FISH POND/ GAME./ McLOUGHLIN BRo'S/ NEW-YORK/ PATENTED JANUARY 28th 1890.""
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42654
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
16-4-52-34 Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
1891
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 1.3 x 7.3 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
"16-4-52-34 Puzzle" with 16 wooden counters and a paper instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; each counter stamped 1 through 16; cover printed, "16-4-52-34/ PUZZLE./ The count-/ ers are num-/ bered 1 to/ 16. Place/ them so that/ each of the/ 52 combina-/ tions will,/ by addition,/ make 34./ For Combinations see Diagrams on the/ folder inside of the box./ Book and Chart copyrighted/ Label/ Registered. Patent application pending./ All infringments prosecuted."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.706
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "16-4-52-34/ PUZZLE./ The count-/ ers are num-/ bered 1 to/ 16. Place/ them so that/ each of the/ 52 combina-/ tions will,/ by addition,/ make 34./ For Combinations see Diagrams on the/ folder inside of the box./ Book and C
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
42653
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Home Fish Pond
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
box: 7/8 x 12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 31.1 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
"The Home Fish Pond" in a paper covered cadrboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of two children on the edge of a river holding a fishing line; interior of the box decorated with a scene of pond containing lily pads, fish and frogs; 15 cardboard fish of various colors, with hole cut through to be caught by, and metal springs attached at the bottom to hold them up; each fish with their names printed on one side ("BASS", "SHAD") and numbers on the other; 2 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line; instructions printed on the cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.585
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover; "The HOME/ FISH POND/ McLoughlin Bros. New York."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42652
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Schley at Santiago Bay
Classification:
Date:
1899
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 6 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 16.8 x 13 cm )
each card: 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 8.6 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Card game "Schley at Santiago Bay" with fifteen playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; each card has a name of a significant battle in the history of war such as Vicksburg, Waterloo, Blenheim, etc. with the year of the battle and historical information provided; box cover lithographed with a medallion portrait of Winfield Scott Schley and battleships in a harbor; box cover inscribed, "SCHLEY/ AT/ SANTIAGO/ BAY./ STARRY FLAG SERIES/ COPYRIGHT 1899 CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.622
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "SCHLEY/ AT/ SANTIAGP/ BAY./ STARRY FLAG SERIES/ COPYRIGHT 1899 CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK."
Gallery Label:
Winfield Scott Schley (1839-1911) was the commander of the U.S. Navy's "Flying Squadron" until it was united with the "North Atlantic Fleet" under Admiral Sampson. At the Battle of Santiago, Schley was the commander of the U.S naval forces present, and fought the battle from his position aboard the BROOKLYN.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1899
eMuseum Object ID:
42650
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
History Up to Date
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1904
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 17.1 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Card game "History Up to Date" with 48 playing cards, an instruction booklet and an advertising card in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with an image of soldiers in Civil War costume firing cannons; box cover inscribed, "HISTORY/ UP TO DATE/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.600
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "HISTORY/ UP TO DATE/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1904
eMuseum Object ID:
42649
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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